Combination shoe cleaning, blacking, and polishing device.



No. 660,886. Patented Oct. 30, I900.

L. m. BRYAN. COMBINATION SHOE CLEANING, BLACKING, AND POLISHING DEVICE.

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UNiTn STATES PATENT Ornicn.

LINDSAY M. BRYAN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

COMBINATION SHOE CLEANING, BLACKING,'AND POLISHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION formin part of Letters Patent No. 660,886, dated October30, 1900.

Application filed May 1; 1900. Serial No.15,055r (lilo model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I. LINDSAY M. BRYAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin CombinationShoe Cleaning, Blacking, and Polishing Devices,of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to certain improvemnts in a combination device forcleaning, blacking, and polishing shoes and the like; and its object isto arrange and combine in compact and convenient form the necessaryparts. for this purpose, whereby the operation can be performed withgreater'convenience, cleanliness, and efiectiveness, and the device whennot in use may be folded into small space and carried in the pocket.

My invention consists in constructing a flexible covering for the handhaving an opening for the thumb at each edge to make it reversible, anda blacking-box and dauber attached to one surface thereof and so placedwith relation to each other that by a simple movement of the fingers, asin closing the hand, the dauber may be brought into contact with thecontents of the box, and by extending the fingers, as in opening thehand, the dauber,with the blacking adhering thereto, is then inconvenient position to be applied to the shoe.

My invention also consists in providing a reversible flexible flaphaving a suitable ru bbing and polishing surface on each side andattaching one end thereof ,to the closed end of the'body and the otherend thereof to the other end of the body, the purpose of this flap beingto afford additional-surfaces for supplementary cleaning andv polishing.

My invention also consists in the novel fea:

tures of the several parts and in the construction, combination, andarrangement of the same whereby certain important advantages are securedand the device is rendered simple and cheap and otherwise better adaptedand more convenient for use, all as. will be hereinafter fully setforth. a

The novel features of theinvention will be carefully defined in theclaims. In the accompanying drawings,which serve to illustrate myinvention, Figure 1 is a front flap, the dotted lines indicating thatthe flap may be attached at the open end of the body either at its frontor back. Fig. 4 is a view of my device in position on the hand, showingthe reversible flap resting on the back and attached thereto, the dottedlines indicating an opening for the thumb at each edge. Fig.

5isa vertical section of the blackiug-box,

showing one means ofattaching it to the body. In the views, A indicatesthe body, formed of flexible material and so constructed as to beadaptedfor use on the hand, havingan opening a for the thumb at each edge, sothat it may be used and reversed on either hand. The front ctmay beformed of any flexible material, and I prefer to form the back a ofcloth having a thick woolly or hairy surface suitable for brushing andpolishing, as seen in Fig. 3. I secure the blacking-box 8 upon the frontsurface of the body in substantially the position shown in Figs. 1 and2, preferably by means of a rivet b, as shown in Fig. 5, the box havinga lid 1). I secure the dauber C near the opposite end of the frontsurface in substantially the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and thisdauber may consist of a brush, felt, or other suitable material.

At the closed end of the body A, I attach a flexible flap D, providedwith surfaces suit- Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the back of thedevice and the reversible able for supplementary cleaning and polishing,and for this purpose I prefer to construct one of said surfaces ofsmooth fabric 01 and the other of piled fabric cl, the latter beingdesigned for both cleaning and rough polishing and the former forfinishing the polishing operation. This flap is preferably provided withan elastic cord d at its free end, adapted to take over and engage Withthe buttons d to hold the flap, which is reversible, against the frontor back of the body, as

desired, the same buttons being so arranged that the flap may be securedto them from either side.

The manner of using my device is as follows: Place it upon the hand, asshown in Fig. 3. Then draw the flap over the front a and secure itagainst the same by looping the cord over the buttons. This brings thepiled surface cl into proper position for cleaning the shoe. Aftercleaning the shoe by applying this surface reverse the flap to the backof the body and loop the cord over the buttons, as shown in Figs. 2 and4. This exposes the dauber and blackingbox, as shown in Fig. 1. Thenremove the lid 1) of the blacking-box and supply the dauber withblacking by simply bending the hand, as shown in Fig. 2, and then bysimply extending the fingers, as shown by the dotted lines in saidfigure, the dauber may be readily and conveniently applied to the shoe,the operation being repeated until the surface of the shoe issufficiently covered with blacking.

Next reverse the flap to the front of the hand,

which again brings the piled surface into posit-ion for completing thepolishing operation. If desired, the smooth surface of the flap may thenbe used to give a more perfect finish.

It willbe observed that the woolly or hairy surface a is not broughtinto use in the operation above described, but by reversing the body onthe hand this surface may be used for cleaning or polishing the shoe, ifdesired. I prefer, however, not to bring this surface into contact withthe shoe, but to use it for brushing the hat and other clothing. Thisenables me to combine in a single device a compact portable pocket shoecleaning and polishing device which is also suitable for use as aclothes-brush.

The body of the device, as well as the flap, being made of flexiblematerial and being adapted for use on the hand, its cleaning andpolishing surfaces readily conform to the curves and hollows of the shoewhich greatly facilitates the ease,eifectiveness, and rapidity ofcleaning and polishing, and the operation is accomplished withoutsoiling the hand.

My device being flat and flexible may be readily folded or rolled intocompact form and adapted to be conveniently carried in the pocket orother small space.

From the above description it will be obvious that the device is capableof some modiflcation without material departure from the scope of theinvention, and for this reason I do not wish to be understood aslimiting myself to the precise form and arrangement of the several partsas herein set forth.

I claim A l. A combination shoe cleaning, blacking and polishing devicecomprising a flexible covering for the hand having attached to one ofits outer surfaces a blacking-box and dauber and the opposite outersurface consisting of material suitable for cleaning and polishing,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a combination shoe cleaning, blacking and polishing device, aflexible covering for the hand having ablackingbox and dauber attachedthereto, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a combination shoe cleaning, blacking and polishing device, aflexible covering for the hand, a flexible reversible flap attached tothe closed end thereof a button at each edge of said covering and anelastic loop connected to the free end of the flap and adapted to takeover and engage with said buttons whereby the flap may beheld againsteither side of the body, as desired, substantially as and for thepurposes shown and described.

LINDSAY M. BRYAN.

Witnesses:

JAMES N. RAMSEY, LILLIE CoRcoRAN.

